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The problem of reflexion and critical “level” absorption of barotropic non-divergent Rossby waves in a lateral shear flow is considered with a ray tracing method. The results are compared with those of a normal mode approach. Some oceanographical applications are suggested.
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Yamagata, T. On trajectories of Rossby wave-packets released in a lateral shear flow. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 32, 162–168 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02107270
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